Exports / South Africa
South Africa Exports
South Africa exports data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 31.79%.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-06-12 04:00:21
GM ECONOMY RATING
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
58 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
9.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.9 / 20
External stability
9.0 / 15
Financial robustness
13.0 / 15
Structural stability
15.0 / 15
Future capacity
4.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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South Africa · exports data as percent of GDP.
Latest
31.79%
Previous
33.25%
Range avg.
29.53%
Rank
48
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CountrySouth Africa
IndicatorExports
31.79%2024 · Rank 48
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
South Africa recorded 31.79% for Exports in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 1.46 percentage points, from 33.25% to 31.79%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (29.53%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is higher overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 27.20% in 2019 and the high was 33.54% in 2022.
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